Before taking a typing course, a young man could type 34 wpm. By the end of the course, he was able to type 89 wmp. Find the percent increase.
I got this question wrong and I get one more try. Please help!

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Before taking a typing course, a young man could type 34 wpm. By the end of the course, he was able to type 89 wmp. Find the percent increase.
I got this question wrong and I get one more try. Please help!

anonymous · Answer

the actual increase is $89-34=55$ then find $55\div 34$ and turn it in to a percent by moving the decimal TWO places to the right

anonymous · Answer

okay so i got 1.61764
but i put 161.7 which was wrong.

would it be just 161% then?